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The hamlet “Winkelhof” is surrounded by forest between meadows and fish ponds in a valley floor of the Steinachbach, west of Buch. The group of buildings consists of four farms, with the forester's house and the front half-timbered building shaping the appearance of the hamlet. The forester's house, a former water and forest castle, was built by the Lords of Thüngfeld. This house stands on a kind of island and is surrounded by a pond except for the driveway. In 1421 the entire hamlet, including the agricultural land, became the property of the Ebrach monastery. Two former forest workers' houses, including the half-timbered building mentioned, have been owned by the Benedictine Münsterschwarzach Abbey for around 20 years. The place name "Winkelhof" was derived from the original medieval farming settlement "Winkele", which existed south of the hamlet and which was dissolved in the Middle Ages. (Source: https://www.ebrach.de/unsere-gemeinde/ortsportrait/ortsteile/winkelhof)

Built in 1933 as a conventional outdoor pool, natural pool since 2005, so no chemicals are used. Swimming pool (33 x 18 meters, seven lanes), non-swimmer pool (27 x 18), stream for small children, original slide from the 1930s, stage for events, a good 2300 cubic meters of water volume, 6000 square meters of sunbathing area.

Enjoy pure nature, the tranquility of the lake, a bench invites you to linger. Just beautiful.

Large lake with a small island in the middle and several ponds with a reed belt around it. Here you can see many species of waterfowl.

Just outside of Gerolzhofen a wonderful place to take a breather and wind down.

Around the small town of Gerolzhofen there are three smaller bodies of water, the Gerolzhofener Weiher (the central pond is also known as "Hörnauer See"), the Neuen and the Alten See, each of which is characterized by a wide reed belt. These offer good breeding conditions for some rare bird species, which mainly specialize in reeds. For this reason, a visit is particularly worthwhile at this time. Breeding birds such as bluethroats, great reed warblers, red-crested pochards, purple herons, warblers, black-necked grebes, Montagu's harriers and little bitterns can be observed here.

Idyllic ponds with traces of the beaver

Relaxing !!! .... you can watch birds, listen to the frogs, or just walk along !!